That's not a bad setup, but it's older hardware so i'm not surprised you're getting stutters. When I was still on a i7 4820k with a 980 SC, bfv was unplayable. If you can, I suggest you upgrade to a 6 core cpu, 16gb, 1060 at least.

Also check msi afterburner if you are using more than 3500 mb gpu memory, that could be an issue with gtx 970

Check the smaller gamemodes, cpu usage will be lower in those.

I'm on the lowest settings possible. It's sometimes not even so much the low frames, but the 0.1% lows The hard stutters and so forth. I posted a video of the OSD turned on. I'm not using more than 2.5GBs of vram

I thought about getting the new 2060, but I heard that a 1660ti is rumored to come out. I may possibly consider it but I think I'm going to wait and see if this thing can be optimized.

I played on a slightly worse setup* through beta and it looked much smoother than yours. I don't know if it was on high or ultra anymore. So maybe something with the settings?

*
Xeon E3-123v3
gtx970
8gb ram.

Funnily enough, I got my hands on a Quadro P6000 to upgrade from the 970 but in the meantime hard micro-stutter (less frequent but much longer) than yours appeared. So basically it's worse for me now (although it's most likely not gpu related).

I suppose the ram on the 970 could cause this.
I have no issues with my [email protected] and a gtx1080. Same with the beta and a 8GB R9-390. Which ofcourse ran below 100fps, but without hickups or stutters.
Play at 1080p. And as I gathered back in time, the 4790k should perform better when overclocked slightly.

I suppose the ram on the 970 could cause this.
I have no issues with my [email protected] and a gtx1080. Same with the beta and a 8GB R9-390. Which ofcourse ran below 100fps, but without hickups or stutters.
Play at 1080p. And as I gathered back in time, the 4790k should perform better when overclocked slightly.